Notes on a Scandal Saba Imtiaz & Tooba Masood

A trailer for the upcoming second season of Notes on a Scandal: The State vs Shahnaz Gul. 

A trailer for the upcoming second season of Notes on a Scandal: The State vs Shahnaz Gul. 

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English / Urdu headlines by Mina Malik, a writer and poet based in Lahore who dreams of treading the boards.

Recitation of Mustafa Zaidi's verses, courtesy Zaheer Alam Kidwai

In the season finale, we discuss the various influential men who were reportedly connected to the case, and why everyone cast around for suspects. We discuss the theories around Mustafa's death and Shahnaz's involvement, and why almost every theory has one gaping hole that can't be explained.

 

The police investigate — and arrest a suspect in the death of Mustafa Zaidi. Later in the episode, we analyse the various theories of how Mustafa’s death could have been murder.

This episode features verses by Mustafa Zaidi, recited by author and translator Bilal Tanweer.

 We retrace, hour by hour, the events leading up to Mustafa Zaidi's death on October 12, 1970, and discuss a significant, highly-debated comment made by Mustafa in the days before he passed away.

We look at Shahnaz Gul and Mustafa Zaidi's relationship based on Mustafa Zaidi’s perspective, as seen through anecdotes and statements by his friends. We also revisit the crime scene -- fifty years later. 

This episode features Mustafa Zaidi's poetry, recited by Sheema Kermani.